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<h2><a name="prefs">Preferences</a></h2>
<p>
	The Preferences dialog contains all of the settings for Photoflare's features. They are separated into sections to make them easy to understand.
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<p>Menu:<br>"Tools >> Preferences"</p>
<p>Button:<br><img src="images/toolbar1/pref.png" width="32"/></p>
<h3>Folders</h3>
<ul>
	<li>Opening folder - Default folder when opening files.</li>
	<li>Remember previous opened folder - Always set location to the previously opened directory.</li>
	<li>Saving folder - Default folder when saving files.</li>
	<li>Remember previous save folder - Always set location to the previously saved directory.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref1.png"/>

<h3>Saving</h3>
<ul>
	<li>When you click save .png will be selected by default.</li>
	<li>Choose a format to select by default when you click save.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref2.png"/>

<h3>Compression</h3>
<p>
	Example of compression dialog when saving .jpg files.
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<img src="images/pref_comp.png"/>
<ul>
	<li>When saving .jpg files you will get a dialog to choose your compression level.</li>
	<li>If you prefer you can set your default compression. This option will not show the dialog but save your file with the compression value selected.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref3.png"/>

<h3>Layout</h3>
<ul>
	<li>Multi Window Mode - Toggle between MDI and Tabs.</li>
	<li>Default Toolpalette Location - Show the toolpalette on the right/left.</li>
	<li>Zoom direction - Decides the zoom behaviour of the mouse scroll.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref4.png"/>

<h3>Default values</h3>
<ul>
	<li>Default units - Choose the units you prefer to work with. This will be selected by default on the New file dialog/resize dialog.
	</li>
	<li>Memorize parameters - If enabled your parameters entered on all dialogs will be memorized.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref5.png"/>

<h3>History</h3>
<ul>
	<li>Image history size - Set how many undo steps you want to allow.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref6.png"/>

<h3>Startup</h3>
<ul>
	<li>Language - Pick your language. (EN, FR, NL, DE, TW_ZH, CZ)</li>
	<li>Maximize on startup - Always maximize when application starts.</li>
</ul>
<img src="images/pref7.png"/>
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